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“I noticed benefits as early as 3 days of taking 10mgs daily in dived doses.”
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“The best thing that helps me is venlafaxine and memantine, but I'm currently taking a tolerance break from memantine.”
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“Used memantine to get off of kratom and it worked amazingly! But now I’m dependent on memantine.”
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“I really like Memantine and Agmatine. Both works effective in terms of treating my anxiety and anhedonia. Unfortunately they both create too many side-effects. Memantine makes euphoric and wierd.”
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“I've been testing memantine at 5 mgs for about a week. It's been pretty great so far. Calm focus, increased sex drive, a little detached.”
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“Chronically, it seems to have caused somewhat of an improvement in my symptoms and is probably the most effective thing I've tried on this list, but I'm definitely still depressed.”
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“It ruined me. My thoughts are lost i can't get my words out. I feel like an idiot. It's been over 6 months since I've stopped.”
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“Within 3, 4 days I noticed a change. Since then, I still take Adderall and Vyvanse, with Memantine as a buffer.”
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“If you over methylate, niacin may also help you. Binds to free methyl groups... It's how I fixed my heart palpitations after taking methylsulfonymethan.”
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“Been taking Niacin, but other than the flush, I've found it makes me feel kinda irritable after taking it and my stomach doesn't feel great.”
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“I take niacin daily and have noticed big improvements in mental clarity / focus.”
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“it takes close to 10 grams of niacin a day to tame my symptoms and have me feeling good.”
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“I've been megadosing Niacin for a couple of years and anecdotally feel like it's improving my health.”
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“Niacin (as nicotinic acid, no relation to nicotine) can also help with NAD (worked for me).”
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“Had bad flushing w/ the niacin. Felt like I was on fire, massive blotching covered entire body.”
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“I cured it with micro dosing mushrooms, niacin and lions mane (took about 6 months, with 4 days on, 3 days off).”
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“Ever since I started taking niacin daily it's greatly reduced the frequency and intensity of them, but you have to get the flushing kind.”
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“I've experienced a big improvement in this after taking B3 (in the form of nicotinic acid).”
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“I take nicotine and the B3 niacin. I think it helps with anxiety. 100mg dose.”
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“I saw a notable difference after a month of 250mg/day...I got sick of cutting the caplets, so I've been taking 500mg for the last 2 months.”
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“I have suffered from fatigue for decades, but thanks to it I feel better than ever, I take 500-1000 mg/day.”
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“I have been using niacin (1 gram/3 times a day) for about a month and I do notice an increase in energy when I take it.”
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“High doses of niacin improves blood flow and hormone production. I noticed a difference before even looking into it... I had a lower sex drive that’s been awakened by niacin”
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“I've also been doing a Niacin flush 1000mg, the sauna and exercising daily and plan on continuing because it has also been helping”
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“I was a heavy 1,3 dimeth (germanium), caffeine, and sometimes ephedrine addict and now, I don't feel the need to take any of it.”
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“This morning I had about 200mg of caffeine with ephedrine pre-workout because I didnt get the best sleep last night. I could not focus at ALL today at work.”
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“Ephedrine gives me tons of energy, makes me happy, positive, and talkative. It's an excellent pre-workout, though it doesn't suppress my appetite like it's supposed.”
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“with 100mg caffeine, 200mg theanine, and 25mg ephedrine I still get pretty jittery. I've been taking 25 mg Ephedrine, 200 caffeine, 450 suntheanine, and 325 aspirin (not as a nootropic, to promote fat loss). Works pretty well for me.”
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“closest thing to adderall is ephedrine. I current switched from the ECA stack to the ECY stack (ephedrine, caffeine, Yohimbine) and it's working better for me.”
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“I suffer from insomnia and took 30mg ephedrine and in the morning and redosed mid day with no effect on sleep.”
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“ephedrine is the only thing i have found that works. marry that with caffeine withdrawal and i turn into a effin' monster.”
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“Something that worked great for me was Ephedrine through chewing Ephedra-Tea from China. I quit though because... made me kind of cold.”
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“Seriously, this wakes you up in the morning. Best workout I have had in a while. New bench press PB, and felt very focused.”
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“Both times it was effective in that my appetite was suppressed and I had plenty of energy. The weight-loss was regular, but I did feel jittery and unsettled at times.”
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“caffeine and ephedrine are really helping me out a ton...I started the ephedrine at the same time I got back into running after a long break, so it is hard to tell what is what.”
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“structurally ephedrine is an amphetamine and works with similar mechanisms as Adderall. My concern would be large spikes in blood pressure, which can be quite dangerous.”
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“I used it for over a year without stopping (stupidly). He is correct about the down-regulation but I never noticed any negative sides personally.”
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“Maybe, but I do have better workouts with caffeine, ephedrine and agmatine in my system.”
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“I see similar results from ephedrine and kratom, although I wouldn't say those are necessarily better alternatives than alcohol.”
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“Its big brother (ephedrine) makes me feel much nicer towards people "Social butterfly" talk to everybody kind of feel and way more positive”
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